Drywall fix
 

When I moved into my house many years ago, it was apparent that the previous owners had a very tall entertainment center, and had run speaker wire to various places by knocking some holes in the walls behind the center, but about 6 feet up the wall! They put boxes in the wall (four of the five holes) to hold the speaker wires, speakers, etc.


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The speakers were cheapo ones that I took down, and the speaker wire I pushed into the wall to get it out of sight, but I never got around to repairing the actual wall until a few weeks ago. I finally had enough and fixed it.

I started by removing the wall plates and the blue in-wall boxes:


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Sanded and shaped each of the openings:


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Screwed a piece of backing wood into each hole:


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Attached a piece of drywall (cut from a larger sheet) to each piece of backer wood:


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Couple of coats of drywall mud to match the level of the wall, sanding as needed:


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Then the texture. Oh the texture... I was not going to try my hand at using a spray can to get the knock down texture, so I thinned some drywall mud with a little water and got artistic with a foam paint brush:


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Added paint and voila! (still needs another coat):


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Nice. Looks good!

Thanks. I was lucky that (a) I had an old rusted can of the brown wall color paint from the previous owner to get the name of the paint color and , (b) the paint color is still made.

Well done stogie and exactly the way I would have attacked it!!

Thanks. I looked at the metal mesh patches but they were really expensive compared to some screws, a 1/4 sheet of drywall and a small bucket of mud.

exactly the way I patch holes...

Nice job stogs, textured walls are always the worst. Looks great now

The texturing was by biggest fear. Turns out it was easier than I thought. Not sure I would have had the same success with the spray cans of "knockdown" texturing.

shiet... that looks great and definitely a lot easier than i expected. At first I would have just gone with the metal mesh but this is definitely a much proper way of doing it!

I've actually had pretty good luck with the spray can stuff, but your texture is much larger...I think your approach was best. You can't even tell you patched it.

The way you patched the holes with a piece of wood and whatnot is exactly how my dad taught me to patch holes in drywall. Just remember they're there...otherwise if you ever run a stud finder on the wall you may get confused. :tomato:

Nice job! Especially on matching the texture, which I thought would be the most difficult part.

Great job. I may have a similar issue coming up, but of my own making, so I'm going to steal your method. Thanks for the pics.

You bet.:thumbsup:

Nice work Stogie. :thumbsup:

Great work Stogie :thumbsup:

That looks awesome, thanks for the walk through!

During college we punched a few large holes in the wall and decided to fill the wall with expanding foam, cut it down, then spakle over it. I know at some point, someone leaned on that wall and went right through :D

:rofl: expanding foam!

I used to fill the small ones with toothpaste in college! Obviously wouldn't work if you use aquafresh, but....

These skills will be put to use again... :annoyed:

Had to have a plumber out to fix a toilet lead line in the wall (cracked cpvc pipe) that failed while shutting the flow valve off at the lead line... The plumber does not fix the drywall. Luckily, there is a stud in the opening so I don't have to screw in a backer board, just the drywall patch and mud.

No better way to spend an hour or two on my Memorial day weekend than on my knees crammed in next to a toilet... :tantrum:

It was bound to happen on MDW anyways :chug: :cheers: :party:

wow that is some good talent! That turned out perfect!

Looks good, much better than any of my patches have ever turned out. The wood is a good idea, have to remember that one. I've always used drywall repair clips, but they're not always easy to find.